The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-29
NEwARK,s WEATHER PROPHET.
A Man Who Is Ever Ready to Back Hi
Representations with Money.

A Man Who Is Ever Ready to Back His
Representations with Money.
New York Sun
Newark has a fearless weather prophet, who
differs from all others in this country in always
being ready to forecast the weather a week,
month, or even year IN advance. and being
ever willing to wager his last dollar upon the
accuracy OF his representations. His name is
Million and he is tall, fine-ooking French
man, about forty years old, living at No IS
Union street. and employed every day at
bench in Newark jewelry factory Million is
SINGLE and he says that no married man
could possibly apply himself to the sci
ence OF weather representation as he has
done. He says he is by no means satisfied with
his work now. but in year, or two years at
the most, he will be able to tell. to minute,
when a storm will begin and when it will cease
year, or even ten years, in advance. Earning
good wages as a ieweler, and having nobody de-
pendent upon him, he spends money freely in
issuing monthly weather bulletins, and is always
ready to make 6 Get upon the accuracy of his
predictions. He charges Sig a month to sub
scribers to his weather reports, but gets little
revenue from this source The reports are won
derful specimens OF English as she is wrote and
they by no means definite the author
is when he gives an oral prediction and backs it
up with So note
One of his reports contains the following offer
Given weeks. months or years in advance. Any
parties societies who want to fair day a
year in advance for opening day, excursion, ball or
picnic (summer winterl will receive special atten
ton. 1t make mistake for the day gwen, will
return three times the money expended for it.
Another proposition is as follows:
will not be responsible for any private bets which
every could make on the dates mentioned in my
weather report. The only thing propose to do is
this: Any subscriber making an agreement with me-
and will send letter five days in advance TO know
if it will really rain the day mentioned, then for
this it is guarantee, which any can obtain from
in the sum of from 81 to $40. If all the predic
tons will be correct, will return double the
amount of money for the error made by
Million says that shall have frost this
week. and that on May there will be thunder
shower. On Easter Monday he told his friends
in Leviss saloon that the snow-srorm was COM
ing on the following Monday, and many of them
laughed at him, but the snow came as he pre-
dicted.
Million doesn't confine himself to ordinary
meteorological phenomena but boldly announces
that there will be earthquake in Brazil early
in next October. and that Lisbon will be shak On
UP in November, 1888. He handles earthquakes
with as little ceremony he predicts light frcsts
His tones are Invariably confident, and are ac-
cented by the jinging of the silver dollars in his
pockets
On Thursday night he told a Sun reporter
that it would be nasty day on Saturday, fair
on Sunday, and that he expected cold weather
again Tuesday night or Wednesday morning
at the latest.
Many who know Million regard him as a crank
on the subject of the weather, and say that,
while bis short representations are often mar.
velously correct, his forecasts for a month
ahead are frequently conflicting, and that the
bulletins published by him in January for the
whole year have undergone serious alterations
in his succeeding reports